Home Care in Wareham

Wareham • Dorset

Care at home for families across Wareham

Protocol Healthcare Services provides trusted home care in Wareham for older people, adults with disabilities and anyone who needs a little more support to stay safe and independent at home. This historic market town on the River Frome, ringed by its Saxon walls and eight miles from Poole, is home to a large retired community, and our Care Professionals help people carry on living well in the homes and streets they know, from the quiet lanes off North Street to the newer estates around Sandford and Northmoor.

Whether you are looking for a short daily visit to help a parent get up and dressed, or full-time live-in support after a hospital stay, we build the care around the person, not the other way round. Every Care Professional we place is vetted with enhanced DBS and right to work checks, references and training before they support you, and the same familiar faces return wherever possible so trust can grow.

Home care services we provide in Wareham

• ✓ Live-in care for round the clock support
• ✓ Hourly visiting care from 30 minute calls
• ✓ Personal care, washing and dressing
• ✓ Medication support and prompting
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Respite and emergency cover
• ✓ Private nursing at home
• ✓ Companionship and help getting out and about

Local knowledge that makes a difference in Wareham

Wareham is a small town with a strong sense of place, and staying connected to it matters to the people we support. That might mean keeping up a Saturday walk down to Wareham Quay to watch the boats on the Frome, a coffee and a browse along South Street, or a service at St Mary's Church by the river. Our care is designed to keep those routines going rather than replace them, so a visiting call or a live-in Care Professional supports the day the way our client wants to live it, whether they are in the town centre, out at Stoborough across the causeway, or in the villages towards Ridge and Arne.

We regularly support people coming home to Wareham after a stay at Poole Hospital, run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which is the main acute hospital and emergency department for the area. There is also Wareham Community Hospital on Streche Road, run by Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, for outpatient clinics and minor treatment closer to home. Getting the first few weeks after discharge right matters, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support, and we keep in close contact with families, GPs and district nurses to spot any problems early.

Adult social care in the area is overseen by Dorset Council. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask Dorset Council for a free care needs assessment, followed by a financial assessment. Many of the families we work with self-fund their care, and we are always happy to explain how the different funding routes work so you can make a confident decision. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

Our team for the town works from the Bournemouth office, which covers Dorset and the South Coast, so Wareham sits well within our local catchment and we can reach families quickly along the A351 and A35.

Areas of Wareham we cover

We arrange home care across Wareham town and the surrounding BH20 villages, including:

• Wareham Town Centre
• Stoborough
• Sandford
• Northport
• Northmoor
• Worgret
• Ridge
• Bestwall
• Holton Heath
• Stoborough Green
• Arne
• East Stoke